H.Con.Res. 294 — 109th Congress
Calling on the international community to condemn the Laogai, the system of forced labor prison camps in the People's Republic of China, as a tool for suppression maintained by the Chinese Government.
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Jan 27, 2006Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
CRS summary
As of Dec 16, 2005Passed House amended
Calls on the international community to condemn the Laogai, the system of forced labor prison camps in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Calls on the U.S. government to: (1) fully implement U.S. laws prohibiting the importation of forced labor products made in the Laogai; and (2) review implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding on Prison Labor in 1992 and the Statement of Cooperation in 1994 with respect to the Laogai.
Calls on the government of the PRC to release information about the Laogai, including information about: (1) the number and location of camps and prisoners; (2) the types of business production activities; (3) the number of executions at the camps; and (4) the extent of the harvesting and transplantation of organs of executed prisoners.
Urges the government of the PRC to allow unrestricted visits by international human rights inspectors to Laogai camps.
Urges the Congressional-Executive Commission on China to investigate the Laogai system and to make U.S. policy recommendations to help protect human rights for Chinese citizens.
States that Congress will undertake efforts to join with the European Parliament to urge the introduction of a resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Commission condemning the Laogai and the human rights situation in China.
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Roll-call votes
1 on recordDec 16, 2005 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended
Full roll call222 of 433 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.
Yea — 413: 109 D · 95 R · 1 I
| Member | State |
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| PORTER, Jon C. | NV |
| RAMSTAD, James | MN |
| DICKS, Norman DeValois | WA |
| CASTLE, Michael Newbold | DE |
| WELLER, Gerald C. | IL |
| SHADEGG, John B. | AZ |
| BARTLETT, Roscoe Gardner | MD |
| BOREN, Daniel David | OK |
| CHANDLER, A. B. | KY |
| CARDOZA, Dennis A. | CA |
| OTTER, C. L. | ID |
| MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby | WV |
| ALLEN, Thomas H. | ME |
| PETERSON, John | PA |
| DRAKE, Thelma D. | VA |
| PUTNAM, Adam | FL |
| FOSSELLA, Vito John | NY |
| MCCRERY, James O., III | LA |
| LaTOURETTE, Steven C. | OH |
| HART, Melissa A. | PA |
| GILLMOR, Paul Eugene | OH |
| ALEXANDER, Rodney | LA |
| SHERWOOD, Don | PA |
| RYUN, Jim | KS |
| BERMAN, Howard Lawrence | CA |
| EHLERS, Vernon James | MI |
| AKIN, W. Todd | MO |
| GORDON, Barton Jennings | TN |
| GUTKNECHT, Gilbert W. | MN |
| HOSTETTLER, John Nathan | IN |
| LINDER, John Elmer | GA |
| RENZI, Rick | AZ |
| JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr. | IL |
| MOORE, Dennis | KS |
| ROTHMAN, Steven | NJ |
| BUYER, Stephen Earle | IN |
| KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks | MI |
| WEXLER, Robert | FL |
| REYES, Silvestre | TX |
| OWENS, Major Robert Odell | NY |
| HAYWORTH, John D., Jr. | AZ |
| JOHNSON, Timothy V. | IL |
| FRANK, Barney | MA |
| DOOLITTLE, John Taylor | CA |
| McKINNEY, Cynthia Ann | GA |
| BROWN-WAITE, Virginia | FL |
| HOBSON, David Lee | OH |
| KENNEDY, Mark | MN |
| OBEY, David Ross | WI |
| BONILLA, Henry | TX |
| SIMMONS, Robert | CT |
| CHOCOLA, Chris | IN |
| WATSON, Diane Edith | CA |
| KUHL, John R. (Randy), Jr. | NY |
| TAUSCHER, Ellen O'Kane | CA |
| TANCREDO, Thomas G. | CO |
| BASS, Charles Foster | NH |
| SOUDER, Mark Edward | IN |
| TANNER, John S. | TN |
| SHAYS, Christopher H. | CT |
| DAVIS, Thomas M., III | VA |
| KELLER, Richard | FL |
| EVANS, Lane Allen | IL |
| OSBORNE, Thomas | NE |
| GREEN, Mark | WI |
| NORTHUP, Anne Meagher | KY |
| MANZULLO, Donald A. | IL |
| REYNOLDS, Thomas M. | NY |
| BROWN, Henry Edward, Jr. | SC |
| INGLIS, Robert Durden | SC |
| KUCINICH, Dennis | OH |
| BIGGERT, Judy Borg | IL |
| HOOLEY, Darlene | OR |
| RADANOVICH, George P. | CA |
| McCOTTER, Thaddeus George | MI |
| MUSGRAVE, Marilyn N | CO |
| MILLER, Brad | NC |
| FERGUSON, Michael | NJ |
| TAYLOR, Gary Eugene | MS |
| KOLBE, James Thomas | AZ |
| SULLIVAN, John | OK |
| ORTIZ, Solomon P. | TX |
| WILSON, Heather | NM |
| SOLIS, Hilda L. | CA |
| BOUCHER, Frederick C. | VA |
| KNOLLENBERG, Joseph | MI |
| OBERSTAR, James Louis | MN |
| BEAN, Melissa L. | IL |
| BOYD, F. Allen, Jr. | FL |
| LANTOS, Thomas Peter | CA |
| MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Juanita | CA |
| TOWNS, Edolphus | NY |
| SALAZAR, John | CO |
| STRICKLAND, Ted | OH |
| MURTHA, John Patrick, Jr. | PA |
| SCHMIDT, Jean | OH |
| POMBO, Richard William | CA |
| DELAHUNT, Bill | MA |
| McHUGH, John Michael | NY |
| DREIER, David Timothy | CA |
| HINCHEY, Maurice Dunlea | NY |
| BERKLEY, Shelley | NV |
| HARMAN, Jane L. | CA |
| FORD, Harold, Jr. | TN |
| WOOLSEY, Lynn C. | CA |
| HERSETH SANDLIN, Stephanie | SD |
| SODREL, Michael E. | IN |
| MARSHALL, Jim | GA |
| YOUNG, Charles William | FL |
| TAYLOR, Charles Hart | NC |
| DAVIS, Artur | AL |
| CANTOR, Eric | VA |
| MEEHAN, Martin Thomas | MA |
| REHBERG, Denny | MT |
| DeLAY, Thomas Dale | TX |
| JOHNSON, Nancy Lee | CT |
| BACA, Joe | CA |
| BOSWELL, Leonard L. | IA |
| INSLEE, Jay Robert | WA |
| PLATTS, Todd | PA |
| STEARNS, Clifford Bundy | FL |
| WELDON, Wayne Curtis | PA |
| SCHWARZ, John J. H. | MI |
| SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV | MO |
| WU, David | OR |
| HEFLEY, Joel M. | CO |
| CANNON, Christopher B. | UT |
| ABERCROMBIE, Neil | HI |
| CUBIN, Barbara L. | WY |
| MACK, Connie, IV | FL |
| KELLY, Sue W. | NY |
| GIBBONS, James A. | NV |
| DAVIS, Jim | FL |
| HULSHOF, Kenny | MO |
| REGULA, Ralph Straus | OH |
| BRADLEY, Jeb | NH |
| PICKERING, Charles W. (Chip), Jr. | MS |
| DAVIS, Lincoln | TN |
| GOODE, Virgil H., Jr. | VA |
| KILDEE, Dale Edward | MI |
| COSTELLO, Jerry Francis | IL |
| ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard | NY |
| SABO, Martin Olav | MN |
| SPRATT, John McKee, Jr. | SC |
| BOEHLERT, Sherwood Louis | NY |
| EVERETT, Robert Terry | AL |
| LEWIS, Ron | KY |
| CRAMER, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. | AL |
| HOLDEN, Thomas Timothy | PA |
| ROSS, Michael Avery | AR |
| WAMP, Zachary Paul | TN |
| CARNAHAN, Russ | MO |
| MEEK, Kendrick B. | FL |
| POMEROY, Earl Ralph, III | ND |
| ETHERIDGE, Bobby R. | NC |
| STUPAK, Bart T. | MI |
| BILIRAKIS, Michael | FL |
| FEENEY, Tom | FL |
| KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph | RI |
| EMERSON, Jo Ann | MO |
| KANJORSKI, Paul E. | PA |
| SNYDER, Victor F. | AR |
| MYRICK, Sue | NC |
| JEFFERSON, William Jennings | LA |
| LUNGREN, Daniel Edward | CA |
| BEAUPREZ, Bob | CO |
| JINDAL, Bobby | LA |
| THOMAS, William Marshall | CA |
| SHAW, Eugene Clay, Jr. | FL |
| DEAL, John Nathan | GA |
| NEY, Robert William | OH |
| JENKINS, William Lewis | TN |
| BURTON, Danny Lee | IN |
| WEINER, Anthony D. | NY |
| LEACH, James Albert Smith | IA |
| HARRIS, Katherine | FL |
| ENGLISH, Philip Sheridan | PA |
| JONES, Stephanie Tubbs | OH |
| NORWOOD, Charles W., Jr. | GA |
| FILNER, Bob | CA |
| EDWARDS, Thomas Chester | TX |
| BERRY, Robert Marion | AR |
| ANDREWS, Robert Ernest | NJ |
| DIAZ-BALART, Lincoln | FL |
| EMANUEL, Rahm | IL |
| BONO, Mary | CA |
| FOLEY, Mark A. | FL |
| WELDON, David Joseph | FL |
| DAVIS, Geoffrey C. | KY |
| HERGER, Walter William | CA |
| OXLEY, Michael Garver | OH |
| McNULTY, Michael Robert | NY |
| GALLEGLY, Elton W. | CA |
| NUSSLE, James Allen | IA |
| MELANCON, Charles J. | LA |
| WYNN, Albert Russell | MD |
| HUNTER, Duncan Lee | CA |
| BAKER, Richard Hugh | LA |
| PENCE, Mike | IN |
| OLVER, John Walter | MA |
| GONZALEZ, Charles A. | TX |
| PRYCE, Deborah D. | OH |
| BONNER, Jr., Josiah Robins | AL |
| CARSON, Julia May | IN |
| HAYES, Robert Cannon | NC |
| SAXTON, Hugh James | NJ |
| BAIRD, Brian | WA |
| TIAHRT, Todd | KS |
| Ed Pastor | AZ |
| Raúl M. Grijalva | AZ |
| Adam B. Schiff | CA |
| Anna G. Eshoo | CA |
| Barbara Lee | CA |
| Brad Sherman | CA |
| Doris O. Matsui | CA |
| George Miller | CA |
| Henry A. Waxman | CA |
| Jim Costa | CA |
| Linda T. Sánchez | CA |
| Lois Capps | CA |
| Loretta Sanchez | CA |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | CA |
| Maxine Waters | CA |
| Michael M. Honda | CA |
| Mike Thompson | CA |
| Nancy Pelosi | CA |
| Sam Farr | CA |
| Susan A. Davis | CA |
| Xavier Becerra | CA |
| Zoe Lofgren | CA |
| Diana DeGette | CO |
| Mark Udall | CO |
| John B. Larson | CT |
| Rosa L. DeLauro | CT |
| Alcee L. Hastings | FL |
| Corrine Brown | FL |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz | FL |
| David Scott | GA |
| John Barrow | GA |
| John Lewis | GA |
| Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | GA |
| Ed Case | HI |
| Bobby L. Rush | IL |
| Daniel Lipinski | IL |
| Danny K. Davis | IL |
| Janice D. Schakowsky | IL |
| Luis V. Gutiérrez | IL |
| Peter J. Visclosky | IN |
| Edward J. Markey | MA |
| James P. McGovern | MA |
| John F. Tierney | MA |
| Michael E. Capuano | MA |
| Stephen F. Lynch | MA |
| Benjamin L. Cardin | MD |
| C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | MD |
| Chris Van Hollen | MD |
| Elijah E. Cummings | MD |
| Steny H. Hoyer | MD |
| Michael H. Michaud | ME |
| John Conyers, Jr. | MI |
| John D. Dingell | MI |
| Sander M. Levin | MI |
| Betty McCollum | MN |
| Collin C. Peterson | MN |
| Emanuel Cleaver | MO |
| Wm. Lacy Clay | MO |
| Bennie G. Thompson | MS |
| David E. Price | NC |
| G. K. Butterfield | NC |
| Mike McIntyre | NC |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | NJ |
| Frank Pallone, Jr. | NJ |
| Robert Menendez | NJ |
| Rush Holt | NJ |
| Tom Udall | NM |
| Brian Higgins | NY |
| Carolyn B. Maloney | NY |
| Charles B. Rangel | NY |
| Eliot L. Engel | NY |
| Gregory W. Meeks | NY |
| Jerrold Nadler | NY |
| José E. Serrano | NY |
| Joseph Crowley | NY |
| Louise McIntosh Slaughter | NY |
| Nita M. Lowey | NY |
| Nydia M. Velázquez | NY |
| Steve Israel | NY |
| Timothy H. Bishop | NY |
| Marcy Kaptur | OH |
| Sherrod Brown | OH |
| Tim Ryan | OH |
| Earl Blumenauer | OR |
| Peter A. DeFazio | OR |
| Allyson Y. Schwartz | PA |
| Chaka Fattah | PA |
| Michael F. Doyle | PA |
| Robert A. Brady | PA |
| James R. Langevin | RI |
| James E. Clyburn | SC |
| Jim Cooper | TN |
| Al Green | TX |
| Eddie Bernice Johnson | TX |
| Gene Green | TX |
| Henry Cuellar | TX |
| Lloyd Doggett | TX |
| Rubén Hinojosa | TX |
| Sheila Jackson Lee | TX |
| Jim Matheson | UT |
| James P. Moran | VA |
| Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | VA |
| Adam Smith | WA |
| Jim McDermott | WA |
| Rick Larsen | WA |
| Gwen Moore | WI |
| Ron Kind | WI |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI |
| Nick J. Rahall II | WV |
| Bernard Sanders | VT |
| Don Young | AK |
| Mike Rogers | AL |
| Robert B. Aderholt | AL |
| Spencer Bachus | AL |
| John Boozman | AR |
| Jeff Flake | AZ |
| Trent Franks | AZ |
| Dana Rohrabacher | CA |
| Darrell Issa | CA |
| Devin Nunes | CA |
| Edward R. Royce | CA |
| Gary G. Miller | CA |
| Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | CA |
| John Campbell | CA |
| Ken Calvert | CA |
| Ander Crenshaw | FL |
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | FL |
| Jeff Miller | FL |
| John L. Mica | FL |
| Jack Kingston | GA |
| Lynn A. Westmoreland | GA |
| Phil Gingrey | GA |
| Tom Price | GA |
| Steve King | IA |
| Tom Latham | IA |
| Michael K. Simpson | ID |
| John Shimkus | IL |
| Mark Kirk | IL |
| Jerry Moran | KS |
| Ed Whitfield | KY |
| Harold Rogers | KY |
| Charles W. Boustany Jr. | LA |
| Candice S. Miller | MI |
| Dave Camp | MI |
| Fred Upton | MI |
| Mike Rogers | MI |
| John Kline | MN |
| Roy Blunt | MO |
| Sam Graves | MO |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS |
| Howard Coble | NC |
| Patrick T. McHenry | NC |
| Virginia Foxx | NC |
| Walter B. Jones | NC |
| Jeff Fortenberry | NE |
| Lee Terry | NE |
| Christopher H. Smith | NJ |
| Frank A. LoBiondo | NJ |
| Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | NJ |
| Scott Garrett | NJ |
| Peter T. King | NY |
| John A. Boehner | OH |
| Michael R. Turner | OH |
| Patrick J. Tiberi | OH |
| Steve Chabot | OH |
| Frank D. Lucas | OK |
| Tom Cole | OK |
| Greg Walden | OR |
| Bill Shuster | PA |
| Charles W. Dent | PA |
| Jim Gerlach | PA |
| Joseph R. Pitts | PA |
| Michael G. Fitzpatrick | PA |
| Tim Murphy | PA |
| Joe Wilson | SC |
| John J. Duncan, Jr. | TN |
| Marsha Blackburn | TN |
| Jeb Hensarling | TX |
| John Abney Culberson | TX |
| John R. Carter | TX |
| K. Michael Conaway | TX |
| Kay Granger | TX |
| Kenny Marchant | TX |
| Kevin Brady | TX |
| Lamar Smith | TX |
| Louie Gohmert | TX |
| Mac Thornberry | TX |
| Michael C. Burgess | TX |
| Michael T. McCaul | TX |
| Pete Sessions | TX |
| Ralph M. Hall | TX |
| Randy Neugebauer | TX |
| Sam Johnson | TX |
| Ted Poe | TX |
| Rob Bishop | UT |
| Bob Goodlatte | VA |
| Frank R. Wolf | VA |
| J. Randy Forbes | VA |
| Cathy McMorris Rodgers | WA |
| David G. Reichert | WA |
| Doc Hastings | WA |
| F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | WI |
| Paul D. Ryan | WI |
| Thomas E. Petri | WI |
| Shelley Moore Capito | WV |
Nay — 1
| Member | State |
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| PAUL, Ronald Ernest | TX |
Not Voting — 19: 3 D · 3 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| HYDE, Henry John | IL |
| WATT, Melvin L. | NC |
| LEWIS, Charles Jeremy | CA |
| LAHOOD, Ray H. | IL |
| STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr. | CA |
| SWEENEY, John E. | NY |
| GILCHREST, Wayne Thomas | MD |
| BARRETT, James Gresham | SC |
| HOEKSTRA, Peter | MI |
| DAVIS, Jo Ann | VA |
| WALSH, James T. | NY |
| PAYNE, Donald Milford | NJ |
| ISTOOK, Ernest James, Jr. | OK |
| Grace F. Napolitano | CA |
| Richard E. Neal | MA |
| Carolyn McCarthy | NY |
| Mario Diaz-Balart | FL |
| Stevan Pearce | NM |
| Joe Barton | TX |
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